# PHP 5.1 (Or How to break tousands of apps out there)

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- Started by arpad@rajeczy.com on 2005-11-25T14:33:45+00:00
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## #20410 — arpad@rajeczy.com — 2005-11-25T14:33:45+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/20410#20410

Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@prohost.org> wrote:

> Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > […]
> 
> Assuming that is the case we need to either rename ext/date's date class
> or ifdef it away. If we rename it, what to date_ex, DateTime, phpDate,
> something else?
> 
> Ilia

I'd rather see it ifdef'd for the moment, since renaming wouldn't guarantee
anything. Although something like date_ex makes it more difficult to collide
with, it also makes it less attractive to use. Would it be renamed again once
we have namespaces?

Arpad